john wrote:

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Well, the guy was very edgy and nervous. Kept looking out the window and telling the other fella to hurry up.

I was on the edge of my seat, I think he could see I was ready to go, but I was closest to him so if I jumped first, I'd have got stabbed. I caught my friend's eye and he could see I was ready to jump, so the next time the guy glanced out the window, he jumped at the knife arm, shouted "GET' IM JOHN" lol and I think before he even reached the guy I had slammed him into the wall behind the TV and quite quickly he dropped the knife giving us the upper hand. I'm very glad we did it, would have regretted it forever if us two guys over 6 foot tall had let one muppet with a 5 inch blade hold us still while our world was taken.

Comedy moment really: My friend ran to the kitchen, chased by the one from upstairs who had now rejoined things. Once reaching the kitchen, he picked up what he had came for, the hammer, turned around and raised it above his head. At which point, the pursuer became the pursued and sprinted back through the living room and out the patio door, whilst I was still grappling in the garden. That's what got rid of them in the end, a good old hammer. We laugh about it now, but it really wasn't funny, and still isn't really.

It's changed our lives in some ways. For example, my friend used to have his kids round every weekend. Their mother has now decided the house is not safe enough, so he has decided he has to move out. He's lived there for 12 years, it's mortgaged, not just a short term rental. But the game has changed now, can't stay there :(

You'd be surprised what you'd be capable of in that situation steven. Adrenaline is a powerful thing. I've been barely able to move since it happened through pain but at the time I didn't feel the tiniest of things except my heart pumping faster than it ever has.

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John. Now that you came out of this reasonably unscathed (I hope your flatmate wasn't cut too seriously), I can ask you the big question on everyone's lips: why didn't your kitten simply savage the 2 intruders in the style of the little white rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.......these pets just don;t show any gratitude do they?

Forgive my levity - really do hope you both can put it behind you.

korriban wrote:

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john wrote:

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Well, the guy was very edgy and nervous. Kept looking out the window and telling the other fella to hurry up.

I was on the edge of my seat, I think he could see I was ready to go, but I was closest to him so if I jumped first, I'd have got stabbed. I caught my friend's eye and he could see I was ready to jump, so the next time the guy glanced out the window, he jumped at the knife arm, shouted "GET' IM JOHN" lol and I think before he even reached the guy I had slammed him into the wall behind the TV and quite quickly he dropped the knife giving us the upper hand. I'm very glad we did it, would have regretted it forever if us two guys over 6 foot tall had let one muppet with a 5 inch blade hold us still while our world was taken.

Comedy moment really: My friend ran to the kitchen, chased by the one from upstairs who had now rejoined things. Once reaching the kitchen, he picked up what he had came for, the hammer, turned around and raised it above his head. At which point, the pursuer became the pursued and sprinted back through the living room and out the patio door, whilst I was still grappling in the garden. That's what got rid of them in the end, a good old hammer. We laugh about it now, but it really wasn't funny, and still isn't really.

It's changed our lives in some ways. For example, my friend used to have his kids round every weekend. Their mother has now decided the house is not safe enough, so he has decided he has to move out. He's lived there for 12 years, it's mortgaged, not just a short term rental. But the game has changed now, can't stay there :(

You'd be surprised what you'd be capable of in that situation steven. Adrenaline is a powerful thing. I've been barely able to move since it happened through pain but at the time I didn't feel the tiniest of things except my heart pumping faster than it ever has.

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John. Now that you came out of this reasonably unscathed (I hope your flatmate wasn't cut too seriously), I can ask you the big question on everyone's lips: why didn't your kitten simply savage the 2 intruders in the style of the little white rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.......these pets just don;t show any gratitude do they?

Forgive my levity - really do hope you both can put it behind you.

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 Haha, poor little kitten. He's so innocent. Running across the living room while it was all going on! Was more worried for him than me, if they put a knife in my little kitty they wouldn't have been running anywhere